That sounds like some sort of smack-down doesn’t it? In this corner, Hand Built.  A century old technique that gives you amazing control over the clay!  And in this corner,…

This summer, I decided to take a ceramics class at my local community college.  I figured I could use the help, get some experience on different equipment and learn how…

Experiment 13  –  12 September 2016 Dearest Fraulein, As you can see from the specimen below, this day of hand-building has been a waste of time. I enjoyed being able…

During the summer, well, before that really, I had begun trying to Hand Build some of my own pottery.  I tried, and tried.  I had a few interesting pieces, but…

A couple of years ago, I staffed a youth training with Boy Scouts called National Youth Leadership Training, or NYLT for short.   I was able to work with some…

I’m not a big “bling” type of person.  I would not consider myself a “girlie-girl”.  I will admit to getting my nails done monthly, and my hair colored every 8-12…

Well, my friends, the news isn’t good. After 14 hours of cooking, the kiln didn’t reach temperature and all the goodies are under fired.  Again.  ugh. It appears that there…

Oh, the joys of a cooking day!  The sun is out, the forecast shows no rain for at least 24 hours (maybe more).  I love a good cooking day!  It’s…

About 2 months ago, one of my Scouting friends was telling me about “hand building”.  I was immediately intrigued.  We discussed and she sent me a youtube link.  2 weeks,…

I’ve been having “Hand-Building Adventures” for the last couple of weeks.  It’s been fun, challenging and very, very dirty.  Ugh, I hate having my hands dirty…the amount of clay I’m…